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7th February 2002zulu dawn dvd
Started by keith wilkinson
i have received a e-mail from helen nickless at mosaic movies saying that the dvd of zulu dawn has been withdrawn for "technical reasons" b... (click to view)
Latest Post: 8th February 2002
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7th February 2002Seniority?
Started by James Krentz
I'm a little confused. Bromhead, a line officer, was commissioned in April of 1867 and Chard, a non-line officer, was commissioned in July of 1868. Th... (click to view)
Latest Post: 11th February 2002
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7th February 2002Ecilpse on 22nd January 1879
Started by Martin Everett
Help! Does anyone know of a contemorary account which mentions the ecilpse at Isandhlwana - i.e. a personal account by someone who was close by. The I... (click to view)
Latest Post: 14th February 2002
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6th February 2002After the battle at Rorke's Drift.
Started by Gillian Mead
I'd like to know what happened after the fighting stopped on Jan. 23rd. 1879? When did the troops return to England, and on what ship? Where did t... (click to view)
Latest Post: 7th February 2002
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6th February 2002Another possible goof in "Zulu"
Started by GLENN STACY
I have found another error in Zulu. It occurs right before the final onslaught of the Zulus. They are all lines up and chanting their native song. As ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 7th February 2002
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6th February 2002Victoria
Started by Billy
Why did victoria attack all small empires and want so much power?... (click to view)
Latest Post: 11th February 2002
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6th February 2002'Isandhlwana' and Adrian Greaves
Started by Peter Critchley
MODERATOR NOTICE: Whilst it is important to us that this forum provides a free and open area for debate, it is important there are rules within whi... (click to view)
Latest Post: 15th February 2002
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5th February 2002ACTORS FROM THE MOVIE ZULU
Started by glenn stacy
Does anyone know if most of the major actors are still alive or not? I know Stanley Baker and the actor who portrayed Surgeon Reynolds are deceased. M... (click to view)
Latest Post: 10th February 2002
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5th February 2002Multimedia section of Website
Started by Peter Critchley
Hello! Have people watched the video files we recently put up on the site, and if so, what were your thoughts? Would you like to see more, or did y... (click to view)
Latest Post: 12th February 2002
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5th February 2002HENRY HOOK VC
Started by ANDY LEE
Does anyone know where I can obtain a copy of the book Henry Hook VC which I'm informed is now out of print. Any help will be much appreciated.... (click to view)
Latest Post: 5th February 2002
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5th February 2002Abandoning the storehouse?
Started by Glenn Wade
Hi! I was wondering what would have happened if Chard was forced to abandon the storehouse sector rather than the hospital sector? Does anyone have an... (click to view)
Latest Post: 6th February 2002
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5th February 2002A Greaves and the Durnford Papers
Started by Julian Whybra
There are omissions and inaccuracies in the transcript of Lord Chelmsford's Instructions from the Durnford Papers in A Greaves's book Isandlwana. any... (click to view)
Latest Post: 26th April 2002
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4th February 2002Vandalism at Rorke's Drift?
Started by Dave Nolan
I have heard from a friend in Natal who says there was a report last week of break ins and damage to the battle site at Rorke's Drift - does anyone kn... (click to view)
Latest Post: 5th February 2002
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4th February 2002Medals at Rorkes Drift
Started by Mike Rowland
Can anyone tell me why medal bars were awarded to the 24th defenders at Rorkes Drift as the bars should only have been issued to personel for crossing... (click to view)
Latest Post: 4th February 2002
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3rd February 2002Anyone heard of a Sheldon Hall?
Started by John Young
I had a telephone call yesterday afternoon from one of the crew of 'Zulu', regarding a call he had received from someone, he believed was called Sheld... (click to view)
Latest Post: 7th February 2002
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2nd February 2002James Langley Dalton
Started by Steve Tiplady
Can anyone provide a theory as to why in the film "Zulu", Commissary James Langley Dalton appears to be portrayed as a rather small timid ma... (click to view)
Latest Post: 2nd February 2002
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1st February 2002WOUNDING OF CORPORAL ALLEN IN "ZULU"
Started by glenn
Hopefully more of you out there noticed this error in the movie Zulu. In the scene where the soldiers are firing at the smoke on the hill, private Hit... (click to view)
Latest Post: 12th June 2003
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1st February 2002ZULU WAR REENACTMENT GROUPS
Started by GLENN STACY
Just out of curiosity, are there any groups out there that reenact any of the battles of the Zulu War? I am a Civil War reenactor in the states (6th W... (click to view)
Latest Post: 4th February 2002
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1st February 2002The Rorke's Drift Doctor
Started by Ian Woodason
Whilst books are being plugged I have just received my copy of Lee Stevenson's 'The Rorke's Drift Doctor, James Henry Reynolds, V.C. and the Defence o... (click to view)
Latest Post: 1st February 2002
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31st January 2002A. Greaves....Isandlwana (the sources revisited yet again (apologies to F.W.D. Jackson!)
Started by Keith
Is it really packed with astonishing new material?.I usually buy every book available on the Zulu War. My bookshelves are awash with them. But even I ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 26th April 2002
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